Chinese

Noun

世界

1. world

   世界地圖 / 世界地图  ―  shìjiè dìtú  ―  world map

   世界秩序  ―  shìjiè zhìxù  ―  world order

   世界紀錄 / 世界纪录  ―  shìjiè jìlù  ―  world record

   環遊世界 / 环游世界  ―  huányóu shìjiè  ―  to travel the world

   世界之大，無奇不有。 [MSC, trad.]

   世界之大，无奇不有。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shìjiè zhī dà, wúqíbùyǒu. [Pinyin]

   The world is so big that nothing is too bizarre.

Derived terms

Descendants

Adverb

世界

1. (Taiwanese Min Nan) extremely; super

   世界甜 [Taiwanese]  ―  sè-kài tiⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  super sweet

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) せ​かい [séꜜkàì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ka̠i]

Noun

世界 ‎(hiragana せかい, romaji sekai)

1. the world

   世 (せ)界 (かい)の各 (かっ)国 (こく)から

   sekai no kakkoku kara

   from each country of the world

   • 1997 June 30, Fujiko F. Fujio, “タンポポ空を行く [A Dandelion Soaring in the Sky]”, in ドラえもん [Doraemon], volume 18 (fiction, in Japanese), 58th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-140108-2, page 188:

     はじめて見 (み)る広 (ひろ)い世 (せ)界 (かい)が、楽 (たの)しみだったわ。

     Hajimete miru hiroi sekai ga, tanoshimi datta wa.

     I was so eager to see the vast world for the first time.

2. a metaphorical world, how one lives one's life.

   彼 (かれ)はこの世界 (せかい)に住 (す)んでいないようです。

   Kare wa kono sekai ni sunde inai yō desu.

   It's like he's not living in this world.

3. a realm, a circle, a sphere

   文学 (ぶんがく)の世界 (せかい)

   bungaku no sekai

   literary circles, the literary world

4. (tarot) the world

Idioms

Derived terms

Synonyms

• 天地 (てんち) ‎(tenchi): heaven and earth
• 宇宙 (うちゅう) ‎(uchū): the universe
• 自然 (しぜん) ‎(shizen): nature
• 万象 (ばんしょう) ‎(banshō): all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature
• 万物 (ばんぶつ) ‎(banbutsu): all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

世界 • ‎(segye, McCune-Reischauer: segye, Yale: sekyey) ‎(hangeul 세계)

1. Hanja form^? of 세계, “world”.

Synonyms

• 누리 (nuri, “nuri”)
• 세상 (sesang, “sesang”)

Okinawan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕikeː/

Noun

世界 ‎(hiragana しけー, romaji shikē)

1. world, society

Vietnamese

Noun

世界

1. Hán tự form of thế giới, “world”